It's the off-season in major league baseball, which doesn't mean their teams are twiddling their thumbs, but in Toronto, Blue Jays fans have many reasons to be disappointed and angry, even as the campaign 2025 has not started.
The ESPN network recently put together a ranking on the pool of supporters of the 10 clubs that it considers the least fortunate. In order to establish the order in question, it took into account a few factors, namely the expectations set with regard to the training concerned before the regular 2024 calendar, its performance over the last year in the field and its actions (hiring , exchanges, etc.) made since the conclusion of the World Series.
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Thus, the channel gives fifth place to the faithful of the Toronto club in terms of the level of legitimate frustration. She recalls that the Jays fell to the cellar of the American League East during the most recent season, after making the playoffs in three of the previous four years. Then, they were unable to attract Shohei Ohtani to their ranks last year and Juan Soto this month.
ESPN also specifies that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette are likely to benefit from full autonomy next fall and that the lack of attack is obvious. If Toronto fails to sign two key players to new contracts, the deficiencies could become more significant.
The top 5 teams with vexed fans are dominated by the Los Angeles Angels, Ohtani's former club which saw the Dodgers – the other organization from the City of Angels and the Japanese's current team – win the World Series. The Seattle Mariners, the Chicago White Sox – who have suffered 121 losses in 2024 – and the Minnesota Twins are the other “first in class”.
